Île Pourpre
Liquides Imaginaires · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2016
≈ $220 · 100ml · approx. retail
A black, over-ripe fig from an imaginary Mediterranean island: green ginger, shiso and angelica over fig, wormwood and maple-sweet fenugreek, laid on cedar, cashmeran and ambroxan. Milky-green at the top, syrupy and woody underneath.
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French · 22 in collection
A French senior perfumer at Givaudan in Paris who trained at ISIPCA and won the Prix International du Jeune Parfumeur-Créateur in 2006, she is known for emotive, deliberately concise compositions and work for houses including Lancôme, Prada and Memo Paris.
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